Bevel stop for jewel boxes and the like



July 3, 1962 M. B. HERRIN 3,042,192

BEVEL. STOP FOR JEWEL BOXES AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 12, 1960 INVENTOR.

1" H MELVIN B. HERRIN United States Patent Ofifice 3,042,192 FatentedJuly 3, 1962 3,042,192 BEVEL STOP FOR JEWEL BOXES AND THE LIKE Melvin B.Herrin, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Regent Paper Box Co.,Philadelphia, Pa., a firm Filed Oct. 12, 1960, Ser. No. 62,113 1 Claim.(Cl. 206--45.19)

This invention relates generally to the art of containers and moreparticularly to new and useful improvements in a jewel box and the like.

A jewel box should be ornamental and eye-appealing without anyextraneous attachments on the box to spoil the symmetry or appearancethereof.

It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide ajewel box having a hinged cover with built-in means providing a stop orabutment whereby closing movement of the cover is limited.

Another object of the invention is to provide a jewel box with a hingedcover, without any protruding extraneous attachments, in order toenhance the appearance of the box.

A further object is to provide a jewel box that is simple inconstruction and economical to manufacture.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a jewel box embodying one form of myinvention, in closed position.

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, on a reduced scale.

FIG. 4 is a top perspective view of the jewel box of FIG. 1 in openposition.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line 55 of FIG. 2, on anenlarged scale, parts being broken away.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary sectional View of one corner of the box.

FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing a modified form of the jewelbox.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view on the line 8-8 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a similar view to FIG. 3, but showing a further modificationof the jewel box.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 there is shown a jewelbox embodying one form of the invention designated generally by thereference numeral 10.

The jewel box 10 comprises broadly a base 12, a removable displaysupport shelf 13 and a cover 14 hingedly connected to the base. Thebase, shelf and cover are composed of cardboard or any other suit-ablebox ma terial. 1

The base is rectangular and shallow and includes a flat bottom wall 16,upstanding front and rear walls 18 and 20, respectively, and upstandingend walls 22, 22. The outer surfaces of the walls are preferablyfinished off with a thin layer of colored paper 24 which is turned overthe top edges of the walls and secured to the inner surfaces thereof byadhesive or the like.

The shelf 13 has a flat body portion with downwardly extendingcontinuous flange 15 seated 011 the bottom wall 16 of the base. Theshelf is removably mounted on the wall of the base and is finished offwith a top layer of fabric 17 such as satin secured thereto by adhesiveor the like.

The cover 14 includes a fiat panel constituting a top wall 26 anddownwardly extending front and rear walls 28 and 30, respectively, anddownwardly extending end walls 32, 32. The end walls 32, 32 are deeperthan the depth of the upstanding walls on the base 12.

In carrying out the invention, the front and rear walls are each formedwith a portion at right angles to the top wall and with an inwardlyextending beveled or tapered portion 34 and 36, respectively, the taperstarting about half way the height of the front and rear Walls as seenin FIG. 1. The outer surfaces of the walls of the cover are finished offwith a thin sheet of paper 38 of a color preferably contrasting to thecolor of the paper 24 on the outer surface of the base. The paper sheet38 is turned over the edges of the walls of the cover and is secured tothe inner surfaces of said walls by adhesive or the like, partlyinwardly of their edges. A lining of fabric 40, such as satin, finishesoff the inner surfaces of the top wall and the remaining surfaces of thedownwardly extending walls of the cover. The tapered portion 34 andtapered portion 36 are so arranged that they serve as stops or abutmentsfor the top edges of the front and rear walls 18 and 20, respectively,of the base 12, thereby limiting the closing movement of the cover 14.

The hinged connection between the base 12 and cover 14 includes atubular headed pin 42 extending loosely through aligned openings in theend walls 22, 22 of the base adjacent its rear wall 20 and in theadjacent end walls 32, 32 of the cover adjacent the rear wall 30 thereofwith its inner end 44 peened over the end walls of the base. Only thehead portions of the pins are exposed.

In FIG. 9 the cover 14' of the jewel box 10 is shown with a right anglerear edge formed by the rear wall 30 and the top wall 26 In otherrespects this form of the invention is similar to the previous form andthe corresponding parts may be recognized by similar reference numeralswith the exponent a added.

In use, jewelry or the like is placed on the shelf 13. The cover 14 isadapted to be manually swung over the base 12 and shelf into closedposition as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, whereupon the beveled or taperedportions 34 and 36 of the front and rear Walls of the cover contact thetop edges of the front, rear and side walls of the base and stop furtherinward closing movement of the cover thereby eliminating the necessityfor extraneous devices, such as separate rails and shoulders for thispurpose. When the cover 14 is in closed position such as shown in FIG.1, the lower portion of the base 12 protrudes therebelow, permitting thebase to be grasped by the fingers of the hand of the user for readilyopening the cover.

The modified form of jewelry box 10' shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 differs fromthe jewelry box 10 in that no display shelf such as the shelf 13 is usedand the jewelry is placed on the bottom floor 16' of the base 12'.

Furthermore, the cover 14' of the box 10 is formed with an enlargement50 with its top wall 52 raised above the top wall 26 of the cover 14'and provided with a front beveled or tapered portion 54 and a rearbeveled or tapered portion 56 similar to the front and rear beveled ortapered portions 34' and 36' of the cover and disposed in alignment withsaid "latter beveled portions. This enlargement provides a deepercompartment for receiving jewelry or the like.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having thus described my new, and desire to secure 1S:

invention, what I claim as by United States Letters Patent A jewel boxcomprising a shallow box-like base with upstanding front, rear and sideWalls, a removable shelf in said base, and a cover hingedly connected tothe base, said cover having a flat top wall and downwardly extendingfront, rear and side walls, said front and rear walls having beveledportions disposed between the flat body portion and the downwardlyextending wa'lls thereof, said beveled portions serving as stopscoacting with the top edges of the walls of the base to limit inwardclosing movement of the cover, said cover having a centrally disposedintegral enlargement having a flat top portion with beveled front andrear end portions between the flat top portion and the front and reardepending walls of the cover, said beveled front and rear end portionsbeing in alignment with the first-named beveled portions of the 15 frontand rear walls of the cover, said centrally disposed enlargementproviding a countersunk portion for the cover thereby enlarging thestorage space in the box at the center thereof.

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